Lynn Anderson's biggest hit was unquestionably "Rose Garden," a song that not only lingered on the country and pop charts in 1970, but also linked Anderson forever with the sweet-smelling title flower...continue...

This reissue from Sony features a pair of LPs by Dolly Parton, Heartbreaker and Super Hits, originally issued in 1978 and 1996. Highlights among the 20 tracks include "Jolene," "My Tennessee Mountain ...continue...

Tracks: King of the Road; England Swings; Engine, Engine #9; Dang Me; Walkin' In the Sunshine; Kansas City Star; Chug-a-Lug; Husbands and Wives; Don't We All Have the Right; Do-Wacka-Do
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Roger Miller (Country)

At best, these ten Roger Miller tracks provide only adequate representation of his greatest hits. Unfortunately, these are re-recorded tracks that should be avoided. If you're looking for the original...continue...

Tracks: It's Only Make Believe; To See My Angel Cry; Fifteen Years Ago; Hello Darlin'; She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries); You've Never Been This Far Before; As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone; Touch...
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Conway Twitty

At best, these ten Conway Twitty tracks provide only adequate representation of his greatest hits. Unfortunately, these are re-recorded tracks that should be avoided. If you're looking for the origina...continue...

Tracks: Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue; Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For; Ready for the Times to Get Better; Half the Way; Talking in Your Sleep; Don't Come Home a Drinking; When I Dream; Wrong Ro...
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Crystal Gayle

American Legends' Country Cool contains live versions of such Crystal Gayle hits as "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," "When I Dream," "Talking in Your Sleep," and "Why Have You Left the One You Left...continue...

Tracks: Rose Garden; You're My Man; Top of the World; How Can I Unlove You; What a Man My Man Is; Cry; Fool Me; Keep Me In Mind; If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away); Listen To a Country Song; Ride, Ride, Ride; ...
Artists:
Lynn Anderson

Lynn Anderson's biggest hit was unquestionably "Rose Garden," a song that not only lingered on the country and pop charts in 1970, but also linked Anderson forever with the sweet-smelling title flower...continue...

Tracks: City of New Orleans; If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time); Always on My Mind; Georgia on My Mind; Blue eyes Crying in the Rain; Good Hearted Woman; Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground; To All...
Artists:
Willie Nelson

Though its sound leaves something to be desired, this live set features Willie Nelson in fine voice performing some of his best-known cover versions, including Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans," H...continue...

This scant Don Gibson compilation from American Legends features ten songs from the lauded country crooner's six decade career, all of which are later versions of some of his most beloved hits such as...continue...

Tracks: For the Good Times; Crazy Arms; Night Life; City Lights; She's Got to Be a Saint; Make the World Go Away; My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You; I Won't Mention it Again; Heartaches By the Number; You're...
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Ray Price

This selection of the great country singer Ray Price's late period re-recordings of some of his best-known songs includes "Night Life," written for him by Willie Nelson, as well as Kris Kristofferson'...continue...

Tracks: Once a Day; Ain't Had No Lovin'; Hurtin's All Over, The; Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You); I Never Once Stopped Loving You; Cincinnati, Ohio; If I Talk to Him; Just for What I Am; Then and Only The...
Artists:
Connie Smith

Tracks: Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico; You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me); Just Get Up and Close the Door; I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind; Love Put a Song in My Heart; Dance With Me (Just One More Time); ...
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Johnny Rodriguez

What can you say: here are ten Top Ten hits by the iconic Johnny Rodriguez, one of country music's greats in the late '70s and '80s. Back when the music had acoustic fiddles and pianos, Rodriguez comb...continue...

Tracks: Good Ole Boys Like Me; I've Been Loved By the Best; I Believe In You; On Her Way To Being a Woman; Amanda; Tulsa Time; There's Never Been a Time; Where Do I Go From Here; You're My Best Friend; Lord ...
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Don Williams

With his warm voice, gentle nature, and his easygoing, emotionally sincere way with a ballad, Don Williams wracked up several hits in an unassuming countrypolitan style in the 1970s, and if he was nev...continue...

Tracks: Just Another Love; If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight; One Love at a Time; Soon; Here's Some Love; Tell Me About It; My Arms Stay Open All Night; (Without You) What Do I Do with Me?; Don't Believe My H...
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Tanya Tucker

The ten tracks on Tanya Tucker's Here's Some Love provide only adequate representation of the artist. These are live versions of material associated with her tenure on Liberty in the '80s and '90s. Si...continue...

Tracks: Just Dropped In; Heed The Call; Always Leaving Always Gone; But You Know I Love You; Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town; Me And Bobby McGee; For The Good Times; I Believe In Music; Tell It All Brother...
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Kenny Rogers

Bottom line is there are far better Porter Wagoner compilations out there, but there isn't a weak cut on this all-too-brief ten-cut, budget-priced selection of the great country singer and personality...continue...

Tracks: You're Lookin' At Country; Coal Miner's Daughter; Fist City; Hey Loretta; Somebody Somewhere; One's On The Way; Your Squaw Is On The Warpath; Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed; Back In My Baby's Arms...
Artists:
Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn actually lived the country music myth, rising out of Appalachian poverty to score 16 number one hits on the country charts, but she was no big-haired, groomed puppet, and wrote increasing...continue...

This reissue from American Legends features a pair of LPs by Vince Gill, Vintage Gill and All American Country, originally issued in 1997 and 2003. Highlights among the 20 tracks include "I Never Knew...continue...

Tracks: Dear Me; Eight Days A Week; Far Side Of The Bed; Five Minutes; Gonna Leave The Light On; He Talks To Me; If I Didn't Love You; I'll Take The Memories; It's Too Late (To Love Me Now); Out Of Your Shoe...
Artists:
Lorrie Morgan

Tracks: Great Divide, The; It Sure Was Good; Those Were Good Times; We're Putting It Back Together; Tattletale Eyes; Golden Ring; We're Gonna Hold On; Two Story House; (We're Not) The Jet Set; We Love to Sin...
Artists:
George Jones/Tammy Wynette

Tracks: Rose Garden; You're My Man; Top Of The World; How Can I Unlove You; What A Man, My Man Is; Cry; Fool Me; Keep Me In Mind; If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away); Listen To A Country Song
Artists:
Lynn Anderson

Lynn Anderson's biggest hit was unquestionably "Rose Garden," a song that not only lingered on the country and pop charts in 1970, but also linked Anderson forever with the sweet-smelling title flower...continue...

A notably tumultuous personality in a genre known for unruly characters, Johnny Paycheck spent his career alternating between jail (on charges ranging from bouncing checks to aggravated assault), and ...continue...

Tracks: City of New Orleans; If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time; Always on My Mind; Georgia on My Mind; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain; Good Hearted Woman; Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground; To All t...
Artists:
Willie Nelson

Though its sound leaves something to be desired, this live set features Willie Nelson in fine voice performing some of his best-known cover versions, including Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans," H...continue...

Tracks: You're Fer Me; Blue Love; Rhythm and Booze; After the Dance; House Down the Block; That Ain't Right Baby; Why Don't Mommy Stay with Daddy and Me; Please Don't Take Her from Me; Down on the Corner of ...
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Buck Owens

This is an obscure Buck Owens collection of very early material, and contains two hits, "You're Fer Me," which reached number ten on the Billboard country charts, and "House Down the Block," which rea...continue...

Tracks: I Loved 'Em Every One; Slow Burn; Strong Heart; Party Time; Do You Wanna Go to Heaven; Last Cheaters Waltz; Only One You; Devil in the Bottle; I'll Be Coming Back for More; War Is Hell (On the Homefr...
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T.G. Sheppard

COUNTRY GOLD is a budget-priced ten-track collection that features several of T.G. Sheppard's hits from the '70 and '80s including "I Loved 'Em Every One," "Slow Burn," "Only One You," and "Last Cheat...continue...

Collecting selected 1960s and early-'70s hits re-recorded by the legendary country singer, this best-of includes a version of Merle Haggard's first top 10 hit, 1965's "My Friends Are Going to Be Stran...continue...

Tracks: Blue Boy; He'll Have to Go; Bimbo; Am I Losing You; Billy Bayou; I'm Getting Better; Waiting for a Train; Oklahoma Hills, The; Have I Told You Lately; Till the End of the World
Artists:
Jim Reeves

This brief set features ten tracks recorded by Waylon Jennings in the late 1950s and early '60s before he had fully developed his '70s outlaw persona, and while sides like "Don't Think Twice, It's Alr...continue...

Tracks: Jukebox with a Country Song, A; Too Busy Being in Love; Why Didn't I Think of That; I Never Knew Love; Addicted to a Dollar; In a Different Light; Warning Labels; These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goo...
Artists:
Doug Stone

LONESOME BALLADEER is a budget-priced, ten-track collection that features several of Doug Stone's hits from the '90s including "In a Different Light," "Come in out of the Pain," "I Thought It Was You,...continue...

Tracks: Rose Garden; You're My Man; Top of the World; How Can I Unlove You; What a Man, My Man Is; Cry; Fool Me; Keep Me in Mind; If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away); Listen to a Country Song
Artists:
Lynn Anderson

Liner Note Author: Gary Tanenbaum.

Lynn Anderson's biggest hit was unquestionably "Rose Garden," a song that not only lingered on the country and pop charts in 1970, but also linked Anderson fo...continue...

Tracks: Rhinestone Cowboy; Try a Little Kindness; By the Time I Get to Phoenix; Dreams of the Everyday Housewife; It's Only Make Believe; Southern Nights; Gentle on My Mind; Wichita Lineman; Galveston; Pleas...
Artists:
Glen Campbell

Tracks: Blue Boy; He'll Have to Go; Bimbo; Am I Losing You; Billy Bayou; I'm Getting Better; Waiting for a Train; Oklahoma Hills, The; Have I Told You Lately; Till the End of the World
Artists:
Jim Reeves

Tracks: City of New Orleans; If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time; Always on My Mind; Georgia on My Mind; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain; Good Hearted Woman; Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground; To All t...
Artists:
Willie Nelson

Liner Note Author: Gary Tanenbaum.

Though its sound leaves something to be desired, this live set features Willie Nelson in fine voice performing some of his best-known cover versions, includin...continue...